Quote Originally Posted by HeathBar
Obviously hair sporrans don't have a very high rating here, at least for civilian wear. Where did they go wrong? From the period illustrations I've seen they were a popular type of sporran for civilian wear.
One should be careful using the MacIan prints or other period Victorian illustrations of highland dress as models for what's proper. Those drawings are fanciful at best and while I don't doubt that the occasional highland gentleman strapped on broadsword, dirk, pistols, powder horn, plaid and yes, hair sporran for a formal event...consider that none of of those other acoutrements have survived in any commonly used form to today.

Just my 0.02.